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04 Nov 2015, 07:22

@ Jimwild

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Alok Wroteas should be followed by a phrase not a noun. B, D are goneC is wordy and E is the best answer.

What Alok meant about D must have been that as should be followed by a clause with a verb rather than just by a noun or verbless phrase. In D, a phrase follows the comparator ‘as’, whereas in E, a clause with the verb 'are' follows ‘as’

Am I right?
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04 Nov 2015, 08:10

daagh wrote:

@ Jimwild

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Alok Wroteas should be followed by a phrase not a noun. B, D are goneC is wordy and E is the best answer.

What Alok meant about D must have been that as should be followed by a clause with a verb rather than just by a noun or verbless phrase. In D, a phrase follows the comparator ‘as’, whereas in E, a clause with the verb 'are' follows ‘as’

Am I right?

Sorry for the typo. Whatever follows 'as' when presenting a comparison should be a clause! It should have a verb. In D there is no verb. So D can be eliminated.
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04 Nov 2015, 09:10

daagh wrote:

@ Jimwild

Quote:

Alok Wroteas should be followed by a phrase not a noun. B, D are goneC is wordy and E is the best answer.

What Alok meant about D must have been that as should be followed by a clause with a verb rather than just by a noun or verbless phrase. In D, a phrase follows the comparator ‘as’, whereas in E, a clause with the verb 'are' follows ‘as’

Am I right?

Hi Daagh,

Just wanted to know why we haven't considered D as the case of ellipsis.

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04 Nov 2015, 09:27

Kanigmat Becos the comparison is not between the female leaders and their male counterparts. It is a comparison between how they both are; a correct comparison requires the explicit mention of what are being compared, without leaving to guess by eliding.
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20 Jan 2019, 07:49

Alok322 wrote:

daagh wrote:

@ Jimwild

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Alok Wroteas should be followed by a phrase not a noun. B, D are goneC is wordy and E is the best answer.

What Alok meant about D must have been that as should be followed by a clause with a verb rather than just by a noun or verbless phrase. In D, a phrase follows the comparator ‘as’, whereas in E, a clause with the verb 'are' follows ‘as’

Am I right?

Sorry for the typo. Whatever follows 'as' when presenting a comparison should be a clause! It should have a verb. In D there is no verb. So D can be eliminated.

So does it means that the following sentence: "You are as strong as your brother" is wrong?

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